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Spiritual Growth That Fits Your Schedule
Bite-sized rhythms that survive the in-season grind.
- Daily Impact Play devotional
- YouVersion FCA reading plans
- E3 Discipleship: Engage · Equip · Empower
A Case for the Engaged Coach
Founded by a coach.
For coaches like you.
FCA was started in 1954 by a coach who believed the most influential people in young lives weren’t pastors or politicians — they were the men and women in the locker room. Seventy years later, that’s still the bet. Coaches are the original disciple-makers in sport, and FCA exists to serve you first.
- Why It Matters
- You shape who an athlete becomes — not just how they play. FCA helps you steward that influence on purpose.
- What You Get
- A peer community, ready-made resources, marriage and family support, and tools to disciple the athletes already in your locker room.
- What It Costs You
- Less than you think. FCA comes alongside the season you’re already in — not on top of it.
FCA MASSACHUSETTS
Central & Western Massachusetts
An informational brief for coaches weighing what FCA actually offers — spiritually, professionally, and personally.
What Coaches Carry
You’re the strong one.
Who’s in your corner?
Coaches pour out for everyone — athletes, parents, ADs, assistants, their own family. Most coaches don’t have one person doing the same for them.
The schedule is brutal. The identity is tied to a scoreboard you don’t fully control. Faith gets squeezed into the cracks between bus rides, film sessions, and a marriage you’re trying to protect. The question every honest coach asks at some point is the same one: How long can I keep doing this the way I’m doing it?
IsolationBurnoutIdentity in winsPressure from parentsLoss of off-seasonMarriage strainFaith on the benchNo peer coach who gets itAlways the strong oneWondering if it’s worth it
“FCA RESTORED MY LOVE FOR COACHING.
NOW, I COACH FOR HIM.” ~ COACH HOLMES, WPI
Who FCA Is
Seventy years in.
Still aimed at the coach.
FCA is an international, nonprofit Christian sports ministry founded in 1954 by college basketball coach Don McClanen and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Its vision: see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes.
- 1954
- Founded by college basketball coach Don McClanen
- 70+
- Years serving coaches and athletes
- 100+
- Countries reached worldwide
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- Ministry environments: Action Sports, Motor Sports, Outdoor Sports, Club & League Sports, All-Ability Sports, Campus Sports, Pro & Elite Sports, Community/Rec Sports
“Coaches are the original disciple-makers in sport. FCA exists to serve them first.”
What FCA Gives the Engaged Coach
Eight benefits.
One coach. One season at a time.
FCA isn’t one more thing to add to your plate. It’s a set of tools, people, and rhythms that come alongside the coaching life you’re already living — spiritually, professionally, and personally.
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Greater, Longer-Lasting Influence on Athletes
Multiply your impact past the final whistle.
- Team devotionals
- Character Coach volunteers
- Curriculum and pre-game studies
- Discipleship inside the season
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A Peer Community of Christian Coaches
Coaching is isolating. A Huddle is the antidote.
- Small-group Bible study
- Mutual prayer
- Coach-to-coach honesty
- Start one for your staff
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Leadership Development — 360 Coach
The best coach an athlete can have is a whole, transformed person.
- Free, self-paced course
- Identity · character · competence
- Coach the whole athlete
- 360coach.fca.org
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Camps That Refresh Coach and Family
An “inspiration and perspiration” reset built into your summer.
- Coach-specific tracks
- Marriage and family focus
- Sport-specific training
- Time with other coaching families
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Practical Resources at the Ready
You don’t have to build a faith-and-character program from scratch.
- FCAresources.com
- FCA Virtual platform
- Team Bibles and studies
- Field-tested training
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Coaches TimeOut (CTO) — Marriage Ministry
FCA’s marriage retreat for coaches and spouses: win where it matters most — at home.
- Renew spiritually
- Rest meaningfully
- Reinvest relationally
- Hosted by state FCA offices
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A Clear Sense of Calling
Wins fade. Identity rooted in Christ doesn’t.
- Coaching reframed as ministry
- Identity beyond the scoreboard
- A daily platform to disciple
- Eternal weight to the work
Coaches TimeOut · CTO
Win where it matters most. At home.
Coaches TimeOut is FCA’s marriage ministry built specifically for coaches and their spouses. If a timeout can change the outcome of a game, what can a timeout do for your marriage? Learn more →
Renew Spiritually
Worship, teaching, and time in the Word designed for a coaching couple, not a generic retreat.
Rest Meaningfully
A weekend away from the schedule, with lodging, meals, and margin built in.
Reinvest Relationally
Real conversations, real tools, and other coaching couples who get the life you live.
A CTO Near You
Hosted by state FCA offices across the country.
Recent CTO weekends have run in Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, and NorCal — with scholarships often available through your local FCA staff.
Weekend
Friday → Sunday format
Couples
Coach + spouse, together
Included
Lodging, meals, teaching
Find one
cto.fca.org
Source: cto.fca.org · FCA Magazine, “Coaches TimeOut: Win Where It Matters Most” (Spring 2024)
Coaching is tough. Marriage is tough. Sometimes the wisest move is a timeout.
For the Coach Ready to Lead
Run an FCA camp or clinic
as your personal ministry.
For some coaches, the next step isn’t just joining FCA — it’s leading. Directing a camp or clinic turns the thing you’re already gifted at into a high-leverage discipleship platform, with FCA’s infrastructure doing the heavy lifting so you can focus on people.
Calling
Your job stops competing with your ministry. The camp IS the ministry.
Growth
Preparing talks and devotionals forces you deeper than passive attendance ever will.
Leadership
Vision, recruiting, fundraising, shepherding — muscles that make you a better head coach.
Co-laborers
A team of Christian coaches, college athletes, and Character Coaches around you.
Gospel + sport
Athletes hear the gospel from a coach they already trust, in the language they live in.
Feeder
Your camp becomes the front door to your Huddle, your team culture, and your roster.
Multiplication
Campers become counselors. Counselors become coaches. Coaches start camps.
Family
Many FCA camps intentionally include spouses and kids on staff.
What FCA Provides
501(c)(3) status · insurance · background checks · curriculum · the FCA Camps brand · marketing templates · trained staff support. You bring the coaching, the vision, and the relationships.
“Wins get forgotten. The players you led to Christ at a camp don’t. It’s the rare part of a coaching career that outlives the career itself.”
How a Coach Gets Started
Six small steps.
Pick one this week.
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CONTACT MASSACHUSETTS STAFF
Eastern Mass: Jeannine Cavallaro - jcavallaro@fca.org or 978-816-6669 Central & Western Mass: Dan Barnes - dbarnes@fca.org or 978-888-5864
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Join or start a Huddle
Join an existing coaches Huddle, or start one for your own staff or for your coaches' network. Contact FCA staff to learn more.
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Take the 360 Coach course
Free, self-paced course at 360coach.fca.org focused on transformation as a coach and as a person.
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Attend an FCA Camp
Coach- and family-focused camps available through fcacamps.org each summer. Search HERE
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Register for a Coaches TimeOut
Find an upcoming CTO marriage retreat at cto.fca.org or through your state FCA office.
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Subscribe to Daily Impact Play
Short daily devotionals written by and for athletes and coaches — a low-friction first step Click HERE.
Your Next Step as a Coach
Coaches change lives. FCA helps make sure the lives you change get pointed to the One who changes them forever.
You don’t have to add a second job. Pick one of these three doors and walk through it this week.
01 · Connect
Reach your local FCA staff and ask, “What’s already happening near me?” One email starts the relationship.
02 · Grow
Subscribe to Daily Impact Play and start the free 360 Coach course. Both work around your schedule.
03 · Lead
Join or start a Huddle, register for a Coaches TimeOut with your spouse, or explore directing an FCA camp.
FCA MASSACHUSETTS
Central & Western Massachusetts